Tuesday , Aug.16,

On this Date:In 1777,American forces won the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington.In 1812,Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the war of 1812.1861,President Abraham Lincoln issued a Proclamation 86,which proclamation 86,which prohibited states of the Union from engaging in trade with the states that were in rebellion-i.e.,the Confederacy.1954,Sports Illustrated was published for the first time by Time Inc.1956,Adlai Stevenson was nominated for President at the Democratic national convention in Chicago.1991,Pope JOHN Paul II began the first ever papal visit to Hungary.